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Rajani S Sadasivam PhD

TitleAssociate Professor
InstitutionUniversity of Massachusetts Medical School
DepartmentPopulation and Quantitative Health Sciences
AddressUniversity of Massachusetts Medical School
368 Plantation Street, AS8-1081
Worcester MA 01605
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    InstitutionUMMS - School of Medicine
    DepartmentPopulation and Quantitative Health Sciences
    DivisionHealth Informatics And Implementation Science

    InstitutionUMMS - School of Medicine
    DepartmentPsychiatry

    InstitutionUMMS - Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
    DepartmentClinical Population Health Research

    InstitutionUMMS - Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
    DepartmentMasters in Clinical Investigation


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    University of Madras, Chennai, , IndiaBSElectronics & Comm. Engineerin
    University of Alabama, Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United StatesMSElectrical Engineering
    University of Alabama, Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United StatesPHDComputer Engineering
    NIH mHealth Summer Institute , Boston, MA2012mHealth

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    Dr. Sadasivam is an Associate Professor in the Division of Health Informatics, Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS).  His PhD training was in computer engineering, in the area of software and systems engineering. His PhD dissertation was focused on designing a meta-composite framework to support the personalized composition of tools to support human interaction needs.  In collaboration with health care researchers, he has lead the development of multiple providers- and patient-facing eHealth and mHealth technologies. 

    At UMMS, his research goal has been to create new knowledge involving a new generation of persuasive technology designed to help patients and clinicians better work together toward improving health and well-being.  This research goal has led to two lines of federally-funded research:

    1. Innovations in computer-tailored health communication (CTHC) systems
    2. Innovations in peer recruitment on social media:

    He is currently leading two NCI funded R01s (R01 CA190866-05 and 1R01TW010647-03), a Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute funded award (CDR-1603-34645),  and 1 National Science Foundation proposal (1722708) as collaborative PI (similar to multi-PI). He has completed a five year  NCI-funded K07 award to train in Cancer prevention and control with a focus on smoking cessation (K07 CA172677-05), as well as an NCI funded R21 (1 R21 CA158968). 

    Dr. Sadasivam's NIH Investigator Profile (cancer.gov)




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    R21CA158968     (SADASIVAM, RAJANI SHANKAR)Feb 27, 2012 - Dec 31, 2014
    NIH
    Share2Quit: Web-based Peer-driven Referrals for Smoking Cessation
    Role: Principal Investigator
    K07CA172677     (SADASIVAM, RAJANI SHANKAR)Aug 8, 2013 - Jul 31, 2019
    NIH
    Developing Smokers for Smoker (S4S): A Collective Intelligence tailoring system
    Role: Principal Investigator
    R01CA190866     (SADASIVAM, RAJANI SHANKAR)Aug 1, 2015 - Jul 31, 2021
    NIH
    Take a Break: mHealth-assisted skills building challenge for unmotivated smokers
    Role: Principal Investigator
    PCORI: Contract: CDR-1603-34645     (Rajani Sadasivam)Mar 13, 2017 - Feb 28, 2022
    PATIENT-CENTERED OUTCOMES RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Smoker-to-Smoker Peer Marketing and Messaging to Disseminate Tobacco Intervention
    Role: Principal Investigator
    R01TW010647     (SADASIVAM, RAJANI)Aug 22, 2017 - Jun 30, 2022
    NIH
    mHealth Messaging to Motivate Quitline Use and Quitting (M2Q2): RCT in rural Vietnam
    Role: Principal Investigator
    NSF/IIS-1722708     (Rajani Sadasivam)Oct 1, 2017 - Sep 30, 2021
    NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
    SCH: INT: Collaborative Research: Enhancing Context-Awareness and Personalization
    Role: Collaborative Principal Investigator
    R01CA240551     (SADASIVAM, RAJANI)Apr 16, 2020 - Mar 31, 2025
    NIH
    Adapt2Quit ? A Machine-Learning, Adaptive Motivational System: RCT for Socio-Economically Disadvantaged smokers?
    Role: Principal Investigator

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    1. Nagawa CS, Faro JM, Menon AJ, Ito Fukunaga M, Williams JH, Mourao D, Emidio OM, Davis M, Pbert L, Cutrona SL, Houston TK, Sadasivam RS. Written Advice Given by African American Smokers to Their Peers: Qualitative Study of Motivational Messages. JMIR Form Res. 2021 Apr 30; 5(4):e21481. PMID: 33929332.
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    2. Faro JM, Mattocks KM, Mourao D, Nagawa CS, Lemon SC, Wang B, Cutrona SL, Sadasivam RS. Experiences and perceptions of referrals to a community-based physical activity program for cancer survivors: a qualitative exploration. BMC Health Serv Res. 2021 Apr 17; 21(1):358. PMID: 33865384.
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    3. Ockene JK, Pbert L, Crawford S, Frisard CF, Pendharkar JA, Sadasivam RS, Faro J, Okuliar C, Eno C, Margo K, Shaw MA, Soleymani T, Stadler DD, Warrier S, White K, Geller AC. Teaching Medical Students to Help Patients Manage Their Weight: Outcomes of an Eight-School Randomized Controlled Trial. J Gen Intern Med. 2021 Apr 09. PMID: 33835315.
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    4. Faro JM, Nagawa CS, Orvek EA, Smith BM, Blok AC, Houston TK, Kamberi A, Allison JJ, Person SD, Sadasivam RS. Comparing recruitment strategies for a digital smoking cessation intervention: Technology-assisted peer recruitment, social media, ResearchMatch, and smokefree.gov. Contemp Clin Trials. 2021 Feb 08; 103:106314. PMID: 33571687.
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    5. Faro JM, Mattocks KM, Nagawa CS, Lemon SC, Wang B, Cutrona SL, Sadasivam RS. Physical Activity, Mental Health and Technology Preferences for Support during COVID-19: A Cross-Sectional Report of Cancer Survivors. JMIR Cancer. 2021 Jan 16. PMID: 33471776.
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    6. Blok AC, Amante DJ, Hogan TP, Sadasivam RS, Shimada SL, Woods S, Nazi KM, Houston TK. Impact of Patient Access to Online VA Notes on Healthcare Utilization and Clinician Documentation: a Retrospective Cohort Study. J Gen Intern Med. 2021 Jan 14. PMID: 33443693.
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    7. Nagawa CS, Palakshappa JA, Sadasivam RS, Houston TK. Herbal or Dietary Supplement Use and Hypertensive Medications: Does the Combination Relate to Medication Adherence and Blood Pressure Control? J Altern Complement Med. 2020 Dec 08. PMID: 33296255.
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    8. Nagawa CS, Emidio OM, Lapane KL, Houston TK, Barton BA, Faro JM, Blok AC, Orvek EA, Cutrona SL, Smith BM, Allison JJ, Sadasivam RS. Teamwork for smoking cessation: which smoker was willing to engage their partner? Results from a cross-sectional study. BMC Res Notes. 2020 Jul 20; 13(1):344. PMID: 32690076.
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    9. Faro JM, Arem H, Heston AH, Hohman KH, Hodge H, Wang B, Lemon SC, Houston TK, Sadasivam RS. A longitudinal implementation evaluation of a physical activity program for cancer survivors: LIVESTRONG® at the YMCA. Implement Sci Commun. 2020; 1:63. PMID: 32885218.
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    10. Sadasivam RS, Kamberi A, DeLaughter K, Phillips B, Williams JH, Cutrona SL, Ray MN, Gilbert GH, Houston TK. Secure Asynchronous Communication Between Smokers and Tobacco Treatment Specialists: Secondary Analysis of a Web-Assisted Tobacco Intervention in the QUIT-PRIMO and National Dental PBRN Networks. J Med Internet Res. 2020 May 06; 22(5):e13289. PMID: 32374266.
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    11. Faro JM, Nagawa CS, Allison JA, Lemon SC, Mazor KM, Houston TK, Sadasivam RS. Comparison of a Collective Intelligence Tailored Messaging System on Smoking Cessation Between African American and White People Who Smoke: Quasi-Experimental Design. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 2020 Apr 27; 8(4):e18064. PMID: 32338619.
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    12. Amante DJ, Blok AC, Nagawa CS, Wijesundara JG, Allison JJ, Person SD, Morley J, Conigliaro J, Mattocks KM, Garber L, Houston TK, Sadasivam RS. The 'Take a Break' game: Randomized trial protocol for a technology-assisted brief abstinence experience designed to engage lower-motivated smokers. Contemp Clin Trials. 2020 Apr 23; 106002. PMID: 32335288.
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    13. Chen J, Sadasivam R, Blok AC, Ritchie CS, Nagawa C, Orvek E, Patel K, Houston TK. The Association Between Patient-reported Clinical Factors and 30-day Acute Care Utilization in Chronic Heart Failure. Med Care. 2020 Apr; 58(4):336-343. PMID: 32197028.
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    14. Blok AC, Sadasivam RS, Hogan TP, Patterson A, Day N, Houston TK. Nurse-Driven mHealth Implementation Using the Technology Inpatient Program for Smokers (TIPS): Mixed Methods Study. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 2019 Oct 04; 7(10):e14331. PMID: 31588908.
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    15. Li W, Ding W, Sadasivam R, Cui X, Chen P. His-GAN: A histogram-based GAN model to improve data generation quality. Neural Netw. 2019 Nov; 119:31-45. PMID: 31376636.
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    16. Faro JM, Orvek EA, Blok AC, Nagawa CS, McDonald AJ, Seward G, Houston TK, Kamberi A, Allison JJ, Person SD, Smith BM, Brady K, Grosowsky T, Jacobsen LL, Paine J, Welch JM, Sadasivam RS. Dissemination and Effectiveness of the Peer Marketing and Messaging of a Web-Assisted Tobacco Intervention: Protocol for a Hybrid Effectiveness Trial. JMIR Res Protoc. 2019 Jul 23; 8(7):e14814. PMID: 31339104.
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    17. Blok AC, Sadasivam RS, Amante DJ, Kamberi A, Flahive J, Morley J, Conigliaro J, Houston TK. Gamification to Motivate the Unmotivated Smoker: The "Take a Break" Digital Health Intervention. Games Health J. 2019 Jun 20. PMID: 31219347.
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    18. Amroze A, Field TS, Fouayzi H, Sundaresan D, Burns L, Garber L, Sadasivam RS, Mazor KM, Gurwitz JH, Cutrona SL. Use of Electronic Health Record Access and Audit Logs to Identify Physician Actions Following Noninterruptive Alert Opening: Descriptive Study. JMIR Med Inform. 2019 Feb 07; 7(1):e12650. PMID: 30730293.
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    19. Jake-Schoffman DE, Silfee VJ, Waring ME, Boudreaux ED, Sadasivam RS, Mullen SP, Carey JL, Hayes RB, Ding EY, Bennett GG, Pagoto SL. Methods for Evaluating the Content, Usability, and Efficacy of Commercial Mobile Health Apps. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 2017 Dec 18; 5(12):e190. PMID: 29254914.
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    20. Cutrona SL, Fouayzi H, Burns L, Sadasivam RS, Mazor KM, Gurwitz JH, Garber L, Sundaresan D, Houston TK, Field TS. Primary Care Providers' Opening of Time-Sensitive Alerts Sent to Commercial Electronic Health Record InBaskets. J Gen Intern Med. 2017 Nov; 32(11):1210-1219. PMID: 28808942.
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    21. Boudreaux ED, Brown GK, Stanley B, Sadasivam RS, Camargo CA, Miller IW. Computer Administered Safety Planning for Individuals at Risk for Suicide: Development and Usability Testing. J Med Internet Res. 2017 May 15; 19(5):e149. PMID: 28506957.
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    22. Blok AC, May CN, Sadasivam RS, Houston TK. Virtual Patient Technology: Engaging Primary Care in Quality Improvement Innovations. JMIR Med Educ. 2017 Feb 15; 3(1):e3. PMID: 28202429.
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    23. Cutrona SL, Sadasivam RS, DeLaughter K, Kamberi A, Volkman JE, Cobb N, Gilbert GH, Ray MN, Houston TK. Online tobacco websites and online communities-who uses them and do users quit smoking? The quit-primo and national dental practice-based research network Hi-Quit studies. Transl Behav Med. 2016 Dec; 6(4):546-557. PMID: 27379777.
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    24. Sadasivam RS, Borglund EM, Adams R, Marlin BM, Houston TK. Impact of a Collective Intelligence Tailored Messaging System on Smoking Cessation: The Perspect Randomized Experiment. J Med Internet Res. 2016 Nov 08; 18(11):e285. PMID: 27826134.
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    25. Williams JH, DeLaughter K, Volkman JE, Sadasivam RS, Ray MN, Gilbert GH, Houston TK. Exploring Online Asynchronous Counseling With Tobacco Treatment Specialists in the QUIT-PRIMO and National Dental PBRN HI-QUIT Studies: Who Uses It and What Do They Say? Am J Health Promot. 2018 Jun; 32(5):1170-1177. PMID: 29848011.
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    26. Sadasivam RS, Cutrona SL, Luger TM, Volz E, Kinney R, Rao SR, Allison JJ, Houston TK. Share2Quit: Online Social Network Peer Marketing of Tobacco Cessation Systems. Nicotine Tob Res. 2016 Jul 22. PMID: 27613918.
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    27. Cutrona SL, Mazor KM, Agunwamba AA, Valluri S, Wilson PM, Sadasivam RS, Finney Rutten LJ. Health Information Brokers in the General Population: An Analysis of the Health Information National Trends Survey 2013-2014. J Med Internet Res. 2016 Jun 03; 18(6):e123. PMID: 27260952.
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    28. DeLaughter KL, Sadasivam RS, Kamberi A, English TM, Seward GL, Chan SW, Volkman JE, Amante DJ, Houston TK. Crave-Out: A Distraction/Motivation Mobile Game to Assist in Smoking Cessation. JMIR Serious Games. 2016 May 26; 4(1):e3. PMID: 27229772.
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    29. Sadasivam RS, Cutrona SL, Kinney RL, Marlin BM, Mazor KM, Lemon SC, Houston TK. Collective-Intelligence Recommender Systems: Advancing Computer Tailoring for Health Behavior Change Into the 21st Century. J Med Internet Res. 2016 Mar 07; 18(3):e42. PMID: 26952574.
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    30. Houston TK, Sadasivam RS, Allison JJ, Ash AS, Ray MN, English TM, Hogan TP, Ford DE. Evaluating the QUIT-PRIMO clinical practice ePortal to increase smoker engagement with online cessation interventions: a national hybrid type 2 implementation study. Implement Sci. 2015 Nov 02; 10:154. PMID: 26525410.
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    31. English TM, Kinney RL, Davis MJ, Kamberi A, Chan W, Sadasivam RS, Houston TK. Identification of Relationships Between Patients Through Elements in a Data Warehouse Using the Familial, Associational, and Incidental Relationship (FAIR) Initiative: A Pilot Study. JMIR Med Inform. 2015 Feb 13; 3(1):e9. PMID: 25803561.
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    32. Rocheleau M, Sadasivam RS, Baquis K, Stahl H, Kinney RL, Pagoto SL, Houston TK. An observational study of social and emotional support in smoking cessation Twitter accounts: content analysis of tweets. J Med Internet Res. 2015 Jan 14; 17(1):e18. PMID: 25589009.
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    33. Boudreaux ED, Waring ME, Hayes RB, Sadasivam RS, Mullen S, Pagoto S. Evaluating and selecting mobile health apps: strategies for healthcare providers and healthcare organizations. Transl Behav Med. 2014 Dec; 4(4):363-71. PMID: 25584085.
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    34. Ray MN, Funkhouser E, Williams JH, Sadasivam RS, Gilbert GH, Coley HL, Rindal DB, Houston TK. Smoking-cessation e-referrals: a national dental practice-based research network randomized controlled trial. Am J Prev Med. 2014 Feb; 46(2):158-65. PMID: 24439349.
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    35. Sadasivam RS, Luger TM, Coley HL, Taylor BB, Padir T, Ritchie CS, Houston TK. Robot-assisted home hazard assessment for fall prevention: a feasibility study. J Telemed Telecare. 2014 Jan; 20(1):3-10. PMID: 24352900.
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    36. Sadasivam RS, Hogan TP, Volkman JE, Smith BM, Coley HL, Williams JH, Delaughter K, Ray MN, Gilbert GH, Ford DE, Allison JJ, Houston TK. Implementing point of care "e-referrals" in 137 clinics to increase access to a quit smoking internet system: the Quit-Primo and National Dental PBRN HI-QUIT Studies. Transl Behav Med. 2013 Dec; 3(4):370-8. PMID: 24294325.
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    37. Marlin BM, Adams RJ, Sadasivam R, Houston TK. Towards collaborative filtering recommender systems for tailored health communications. AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2013; 2013:1600-7. PMID: 24551430.
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    38. Coley HL, Sadasivam RS, Williams JH, Volkman JE, Schoenberger YM, Kohler CL, Sobko H, Ray MN, Allison JJ, Ford DE, Gilbert GH, Houston TK. Crowdsourced peer- versus expert-written smoking-cessation messages. Am J Prev Med. 2013 Nov; 45(5):543-50. PMID: 24139766.
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    39. Sadasivam RS, Volz EM, Kinney RL, Rao SR, Houston TK. Share2Quit: Web-Based Peer-Driven Referrals for Smoking Cessation. JMIR Res Protoc. 2013 Sep 24; 2(2):e37. PMID: 24067329.
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    40. Sadasivam RS, Kinney RL, Delaughter K, Rao SR, Williams JH, Coley HL, Ray MN, Gilbert GH, Allison JJ, Ford DE, Houston TK. Who participates in Web-assisted tobacco interventions? The QUIT-PRIMO and National Dental Practice-Based Research Network Hi-Quit studies. J Med Internet Res. 2013 May 01; 15(5):e77. PMID: 23635417.
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    41. Sadasivam RS, Tanik MM. A meta-composite software development approach for translational research. J Med Syst. 2013 Jun; 37(3):9935. PMID: 23504436.
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    42. Sadasivam RS, Cutrona SL, Volz E, Rao SR, Houston TK. Web-based peer-driven chain referrals for smoking cessation. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2013; 192:357-61. PMID: 23920576.
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    43. Ray MN, Allison JJ, Coley HL, Williams JH, Kohler C, Gilbert GH, Richman JS, Kiefe CI, Sadasivam RS, Houston TK. Variations in tobacco control in National Dental PBRN practices: the role of patient and practice factors. Spec Care Dentist. 2013 Nov-Dec; 33(6):286-93. PMID: 24164227.
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    44. Sadasivam RS, Kinney RL, Lemon SC, Shimada SL, Allison JJ, Houston TK. Internet health information seeking is a team sport: analysis of the Pew Internet Survey. Int J Med Inform. 2013 Mar; 82(3):193-200. PMID: 23149121.
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    45. Sadasivam RS, Allison JJ, Ray MN, Ford DE, Houston TK. Using a resource effect study pre-pilot to inform a large randomized trial: the Decide2Quit.Org Web-assisted tobacco intervention. AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2012; 2012:789-98. PMID: 23304353.
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    46. Harrington KF, McDougal JA, Pisu M, Zhang B, Sadasivam RS, Houston TK, Bailey WC. Web-based smoking cessation intervention that transitions from inpatient to outpatient: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2012 Aug 01; 13:123. PMID: 22852802.
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    47. Huff-Shack J, Coley HL, Houston TK, Williams JH, Hubbell A, Sadasivam RS, Funkhouser E, Gilbert GH, Ray MN. Dental practice implementation of a point of care electronic referral system for patients who smoke: a dental PBRN study. J Dent Hyg. 2012; 86(1):34. PMID: 22309931.
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    48. Sadasivam RS, Delaughter K, Crenshaw K, Sobko HJ, Williams JH, Coley HL, Ray MN, Ford DE, Allison JJ, Houston TK. Development of an interactive, Web-delivered system to increase provider-patient engagement in smoking cessation. J Med Internet Res. 2011 Oct 18; 13(4):e87. PMID: 22011394.
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    49. Houston TK, Sadasivam RS, Ford DE, Richman J, Ray MN, Allison JJ. The QUIT-PRIMO provider-patient Internet-delivered smoking cessation referral intervention: a cluster-randomized comparative effectiveness trial: study protocol. Implement Sci. 2010 Nov 17; 5:87. PMID: 21080972.
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    50. Sadasivam RS, Gathibandhe V, Tanik MM, Willig JH. Development of a point-of-care HIV/AIDS medication dosing support system using the Android mobile platform. J Med Syst. 2012 Jun; 36(3):1583-91. PMID: 21057886.
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    51. Houston TK, Coley HL, Sadasivam RS, Ray MN, Williams JH, Allison JJ, Gilbert GH, Kiefe CI, Kohler C. Impact of content-specific email reminders on provider participation in an online intervention: a dental PBRN study. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2010; 160(Pt 2):801-5. PMID: 20841796.
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    52. Sadasivam RS, Sundar G, Vaughan LK, Tanik MM, Arnett DK. Genetic region characterization (Gene RECQuest) - software to assist in identification and selection of candidate genes from genomic regions. BMC Res Notes. 2009 Sep 30; 2:201. PMID: 19793396.
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    53. Houston TK, Ford DE, Sadasivam RS, Ray MN, Allison JJ, Kohler CL, Ashton CM. Overcoming limits to tobacco control: using the Internet to bridge clinical and public health interventions. AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2008 Nov 06; 977. PMID: 18999091.
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